Guatemala Attorney General

Attorney General of Guatemala
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Incumbent
María Consuelo Porras

since 17 May 2018
Style Mister/Madam Attorney General (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Appointer The President of Guatemala
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Rámses Cuestas Gómez
Formation 15 May 1996
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The Attorney General of Guatemala (Fiscal General de la República de Guatemala) is the chief attorney general (public prosecutor) of Guatemala.

List of Attorneys General

Number Name Photo Term Notes
1Rámses Cuestas Gómez[1]May 15, 1994 - March 14, 1996Appointed by President Ramiro de León Carpio; Guatemala's first Attorney General.
*Héctor Hugo Pérez Aguilera[1]March 15, 1996 - May 14, 1998Interim Attorney General named by President Álvaro Arzú.
2Adolfo González Rodas[2]May 15, 1998 - May 17, 2002Appointed.
3Carlos David de León Argueta[3]May 18, 2002 - February 25, 2004Appointed and later removed by President Óscar Berger.
4Juan Luis Florido Solís[4]February 26, 2004 - July 30, 2008Interim and later appointed. Presented his resignation to President Álvaro Colom.
5José Amílcar Velásquez Zárate[5]July 31, 2008 - May 14, 2010Interim and later appointed.
*María Encarnación Mejía García de Contreras[6]May 15, 2010 - May 25, 2010Interim; first female Attorney General.
*Conrado Arnulfo Reyes Sagastume[7][8]May 25, 2010 - June 10, 2010Removed by the Constitutional Court.
*María Encarnación Mejía García de ContrerasJune 11, 2010 - December 9, 2010Interim (second term as Interim Attorney General).
6Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey[9]December 9, 2010 - May 17, 2014Appointed; first female (non-interim) Attorney General. Nominated for Nobels Peace Prize—while in office as minister of justice in 2013.[10]
7Thelma Aldana Hernández de López[11]May 17, 2014 - May 17, 2018
8María Consuelo Porras Argueta de PorresMay 17, 2018 - present

See also

References

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  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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  5. Noticias.com.gt (11 June 2010). "Destituyen al fiscal general Conrado Reyes por presuntos vínculos con el narco". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  7. NRK. "Williams kritiserer Nobelkomiteen".
  8. Thelma Aldana es la nueva Fiscal General. Prensa Libre, 9 May 2014.
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